In journalism, the cardinal rule is ______.

a. validate your source
b. do your research
c. never lie
d. be brief


c. never lie

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Which of the following is not true about Nickelodeons?

a. They were air conditioned. b. Their audiences came from the professional and upper classes. c. They showed full length (over 90 minutes) movies. d. None of the above

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The verbal symbols we select to use are not intrinsically connected to what they represent. This is known as __________

a. ambiguity b. abstraction c. brute meaning d. arbitrariness e. institutional meaning

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"To inform my audience about the major theories explaining the extinction of the dinosaurs" is a specific purpose statement for a speech about a(n)

A. concept. B. comparison. C. function. D. theory. E. object.

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Internet privacy issues have become increasingly controversial in recent years. In 2004, a federal appeals court held that a company may search employees’ e-mail on the company server without violating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The case:

a) Fraser v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.; b) Intel Corp. v. Hamidi; c) U.S. v. Microsoft Corp.; d) Cairns v. Franklin Mint; e) Lugosi v. Universal Pictures.

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